Safety bottle-holder.



H. KENNELL.

SAFETY BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1912.

1,106,457. Patented Aug.11,1914.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS HENRY KENNELL, on NEW YORK, N. 2.

SAFETY BOTTLE-HOLDER.

ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved safety bottle holder designed for use on doors, in dumb-waiters, and in or on other devices, and arranged to permit a milkman or other person to place one or more bottles into the holder to pre vent removal of the milk bottle or bottles by any person except the one it is intended for, and to allow of placing empty bottles into the holder for convenient removal by the milknian or other person. For the purpose mentioned use is made of a holder in the form of a channel open at bothends and the yoke when placed into the channel from either end.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the safety bottle holder as applied to a door, shown in section; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same; Fig. 4 is a reduced sectional plan view of a dumbwaiter provided with bottle holders and showing the means for locking and releasing the holders; and Fig.5 is a perspective view of the bottle holder used on a dumbwaiter cage.

A plate A of sheet metal or other suitable material is fastened by brackets B to the jambs C adjacent a door C, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and the, said plate A is provided with integral depending sides D having inwardly extending integral flanges E adapted to support the beading F on the upper end of the neck F of a bottle F so as to hold the latter sus- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 11, 191a.

Application filed July 6,1912. Serial No. 708,000.

pended on the bottle holder. The plate A, its sides D and flanges E may be of any desired length for holding one, two or more bottles, it being understood that if two or more bottles are engaged with the holder at a time then the first bottle is directly suspended from the flanges E, as explained, and shown to the right in Figs. 1 and 2, while the last bottle placed in the holder is provided with a supporting yoke G for supporting this bottle in the holder and for ocking this bottle in position in the holder, thus holding the other bottles against removal from the holder.

The yoke G is preferably made in two sections G and Gr hinged together at Gr and adapted to be passed around the neck F of the bottle F directly under the bead F so that the latter rests on top of the sections G, G when the latter are in closed position. The sections G and Gr are providedat the sides with upwardly-extending flanges G each terminating at its forward end in an outwardly and rearwardly-extending hook G while the rear end Gr of each flange G is bent outwardly. The books G and the ends G are resilient and are adapted to engage barbs D struck up in an inward direction on the sides D of the holder, as l plainly indicated in Fig. 2. By the arrangement described the yoke G is adapted to be passed into the channel formed by the sides D and the flanges E so that the sides of the yoke G rest on'the flanges E, nd the hooks Gr and the ends G glide over the barbs D, which latter extend forwardly toward the door C. It will be not-iced that after the oke G has been moved into osition on the holder return movement of the yoke is prevented by the hooks G engaging the barbs D or by the ends Gr enga in the barbs D. As shown in Fig. 2, the 00 s G and the ends G on each flange Gr are spaced apart, so that'one is between adjacent barbs D at the time the other is in engagement with a barb so that either the hook G or the end Gr prevents return movement ofthe yoke G. In order to remove bottles from" the holder, it is necessary to open the door C so that the bottles without yokes are first removed from the holder, and then sliding the same out of the forward end of" the channel the last bottle with the yoke ismoved forwardly with the hooks and the ends Cr freely gliding over the barbs until the yoke passes out of the front end of the channel. The yoke G is then opened and disengaged from the neck of the last bottle.

The yoke G can be placed on the neck of an empty bottle in a reverse position to allow of entering the yoke G from the front end of the holder, as the hooks G as well as the ends Gr now readily glide over the barbs D when moving the yoke from the front end of a holder through the channel into a rearward direction to allow the milkman or other person to remove the empty bottles from the holder. The milkman in replacing the empty bottles by filled ones simpl re-uses the yoke on the last bottle passe filled bottles in position in the holder as above explained.

Both ends of the flanges E are preferably flared downward, as indicated at E to permit of readily placin a yoke G in position in the holder, from either end thereof.

In using the holders on a cage H moving up and down in a dumb-waiter shaft 1, each plate A having the depending sides D and flanges E is provided with elongated slots A engaging pins or other means J attached to the under side of the top of the cage H so that the plate A is slidable sidewise on the cage H adjacent to one side H thereof, as plainly indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. To one of the dependin sides D is secured one end of a spring locking arm K extendin through the open end of the holder a jacent the side H of the cage H, and also through an opening H in the said side H and which opening H is in register with the adjacent open end of the holder. The locking arm K is adapted to engage the side H so as to lock the holder against movement to the right until the cage H reaches the floor, at which the milk bottle or bottles are to be removed by the proper person. Now in order to unlock the locking arm K at the time the dumb-waiter reaches the proper floor, use is made of a transverse rod'L mounted to slide in the front wall of the shaft I at this floor, the inner end of the rod L being provided with an arm L adapted to engage the free end of the looking arm K so as to push the same rearwardly out of locking position with the side H. When this has been done, the person on the floor by reaching into the cage H can slide the corresponding unlocked holder to the right-a distance sufficiently far to permit of removal of the bottle or bottles from the holder in the same manner as above describedin reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 at the time the door C" is open. It is understood that the holder is moved a sufficient distance to the right to disengage the bottle from the holder adjacent the side H of the cage. It is further understood that the bottles cannot be removed by any other person into the holder so as to lock the in the building as the last bottle in a holder is provided with a supporting and locking yoke G to prevent removal of the bottles from the right-hand end of the holder; that is, the holder must be first unlocked at the floor having the proper unlocking rod L to permit of moving the' holder to the right for removal of the bottles'therefrom.

By reference to Fig. 4 it will be noticed that the holders for the several floors are arranged in transverse alinement, and on each floor is an unlocking rod L of different length so as to reach the corresponding looking arm K only without disturbing any of the other locking arms.

From the foregoing it will be seen that any one tenant on a floor cannot remove bottles from holders belonging to tenants on other floors.

The side D ofi'the holder opposite the one carrying the locking arm K is provided with a guard arm N adapted to project through the opening H to prevent the use of an unlocking rod L belonging 'to'a difierent floor in a building.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A safety bottle holder, comprising a horizontally disposed supporting plate having integral depending sides provided with integral inwardly-extending flanges whereby to form a channel open at both ends, the inner edges of the said flanges being spaced apart to form a'lengthwise-extending slot of a width corresponding approximately to the diameter of the neck of a bottle to permit the neck of the bottle to pass through the slot and to allow the bead of the bottle neck to rest on the said flanges, barbs on the said sides and extending toward one of the open ends, and a supporting yoke slidingly. engaging the said flanges and adapted to rest thereon, the said yoke being provided with rising sides having integral spring tongues adapted to abut against the said barbs to hold the yoke against return movement, the said yoke having an opening corresponding approximately to the diameter of the neck of a bottle to engage the said neck with the opening and to rest the bead of the bottle neck on the yoke.

2. A safety bottle holder, comprising a plate having depending sides proyided with inturned flanges whereby to form a channel open at both ends, barbs on the said sides and extending toward one of the open ends, and a supporting yoke formed of two sections hinged together to permit of removably placing it onto the neck of a bottle, the said yoke having vertical flanges at the sides terminating at their forward ends in outwardly and rearwardly bent sprin hooks adapted to glide over the barbs w en the yoke is moved in a forward direction and adapted to hook onto the barbs on attempting to move the yoke in a reverse direction.

3. A safety bottle holder. comprising a plate having depending sides provided with inturned flanges whereby .to form a channel open at both ends. barbs on the said sides and extending toward one of the open ends, and a supporting yoke formed of two sections hinged together to permit of removably placing it onto the neck of a bottle, the said yoke having vertical flanges at. the sides terminating at their forward ends in outwardly and rearwardly bent spring hooks adapted to glide over the barbs when the yoke is moved in a forward directionand adapted to hook onto the barbs on attempting to move the yoke in a reverse direction, the rear ends of the yoke forming outwardly bent spring retaining members adapted to glide over the barbs when moving the yoke forward in the channel and adapted to engage the barbs on attempting to move the .yoke 111 a reverse direction.

4. A safety bottle holder, plate having depending sides inturned flanges whereby comprising a provided with to form a channel open at both ends, barbs on the said sides and extending toward one of the open ends,

and a supportin yoke formed of two sections hinged together to permit of removabl v placing it onto the neck of a bottle, the said yoke having vertical flanges at the sides terminating at their forward ends inoutwardly and rearwardly bent spring hooks adapted to glide over the barbs when the yoke is moved in a forward direction and adapted to hook onto the barbs on attemptin i to move the yoke in a reverse direction, the rear ends forming ontwardly-bent spring retaining members adapted to glide over the barbs when moving the yoke forward in the channel and adapted to engage the barbs on attempting to move the yoke in a'reverse direction, the said hooks and the said rear end retaining members being spaced apart relative to the said barbs so that one is intermediate adjacent barbs while the other is in engagement with a barb.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY KENN ELL.

\Vitnesses THEO. Gr. HOSTER, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs. 

